Multi-source, multi-destination data transfers

• US 9,280,264 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Berstis, Viktors, Chen, Danny Yen-Fu, Dunsmoir, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wathen, Brian W
• Application Number:
  US14/608,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A system and method for transferring data or an image. A user-selected image or user-generated text within a word processing document is received. Displayed are: a graphic object representing a web page, and a first and second destination point within the graphic object. A user mouse selection of one of the destination points within the graphic object is received, and in response, the image or selected text is copied into the web page at the selected destination point. The first destination point and first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point in a transfer map are stored. The second destination point and second text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point in the transfer map are stored. The user-selected text is mapped to the one of the destination points in the transfer map.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code which, upon being executed by the processor via the memory, implements a method for transferring data, said method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a user selection of user-generated text within a word processing document;

displaying, by the processor, (a) a graphic object representing a web page, (b) a first destination point within the graphic object and first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point, and (c) a second, different destination point within the graphic object and second, different text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point;

receiving, by the processor, a user mouse selection of one of the destination points within the graphic object, and in response, copying the selected text into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the first destination point and the first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point in a transfer map, wherein the transfer map is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to edit or delete the first destination point or the second destination point before the step of copying the selected text into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the second, different destination point and the second text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point in the transfer map; and

in response to receiving the user mouse selection of the one of the destination points within the graphic object, mapping, by the processor, the selected text to the one of the destination points in the transfer map.

2. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code which, upon being executed by the processor via the memory, implements a method for transferring an image, said method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a user selection of an image;

displaying, by the processor, (a) a graphic object representing a web page, (b) a first destination point within the graphic object and first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point, and (c) a second, different destination point within the graphic object and second, different text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point;

receiving, by the processor, a user mouse selection of one of the destination points within the graphic object, and in response, copying the selected image into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the first destination point and the first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point in a transfer map, wherein the transfer map is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to edit or delete the first destination point or the second destination point before the step of copying the selected image into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the second, different destination point and second text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point in the transfer map; and

in response to receiving the user mouse selection of the one of the destination points within the graphic object, mapping, by the processor, the selected image to the one of the destination points in the transfer map.

3. A method for transferring an image, said method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computer system, a user selection of an image;

displaying, by the processor, (a) a graphic object representing a web page, (b) a first destination point within the graphic object and first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point, and (c) a second, different destination point within the graphic object and second, different text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point;

receiving, by the processor, a user mouse selection of one of the destination points within the graphic object, and in response, copying the selected image selected into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the first destination point and the first text which is adjacent to the first destination point and describes the first destination point in a transfer map, wherein the transfer map is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows the user to edit or delete the first destination point or the second destination point before the step of copying the selected image into the web page at the selected destination point;

storing, by the processor, the second, different destination point and second text which is adjacent to the second destination point and describes the second destination point in the transfer map; and

in response to receiving the user mouse selection of the one of the destination points within the graphic object, mapping, by the processor, the selected image to the one of the destination points in the transfer map.